family pectinidae

English Thesaurus

1. scallops (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk family,
definition	:	a family of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	escallop, scallop, scollop,
definition	:	edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pecten,
definition	:	type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bivalvia, class bivalvia, class lamellibranchia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia,
definition	:	oysters; clams; scallops; mussels (noun.animal)